Village memory · Palestine

Bayt Darras

بيت دراس

Gaza districtDepopulated 1948

Bayt Darras was a farming town northeast of Gaza, defended by Sudanese troops and local militiamen until the Givati Brigade overran it in May 1948. Its people fled south into the Gaza Strip, where their descendants live in refugee camps to this day.

• 2,750 residents before 1948